Welcome to Rochdale
Pioneering, Proud, Passionate
Dear Applicant,
Thank you for your interest in the role of Assistant Director of Housing at Rochdale Borough Council. This is an exciting opportunity to lead our housing services that directly impact the lives of our residents and build on our success in improving the quality of the Borough as a place to live, work and play.
Housing sits at the heart of the borough’s ambitions for growth, regeneration and stronger communities. As Assistant Director of Housing, you will lead a broad and influential portfolio, spanning housing growth, homelessness, temporary accommodation, housing enforcement and strategic partnerships. What makes this role different is the opportunity to lead Rochdale’s return to council-led housebuilding.
This role requires a hands-on, solutions-focused leader with a strong operational mindset to drive service improvements, enhance efficiencies, and deliver high-impact projects that benefit the borough. You will play a crucial role in leading teams, managing resources effectively, and ensuring services meet the needs of our residents and partners.
At Rochdale Borough Council, we’re passionate about providing high-quality services that residents can rely on. We are making major investments in our town centres and employment offer, infrastructure and public spaces, and now we’re looking for an experienced leader to help take our housing services to the next level. This is a hands-on, high-impact role where your leadership will directly shape how we intervene to accelerate the delivery of new homes to meet needs.
This is an exciting time to join Rochdale Borough Council. Working with partners across Greater Manchester and beyond, and our communities, you will help shape and deliver new homes, influence long-term housing strategy and create a lasting legacy for residents.
If you are a dynamic, results-driven leader with a passion for delivering high-quality public services, we encourage you to apply.
We look forward to the possibility of welcoming you to our team.
Yours sincerely,
Mark Robinson - Director, Economy and Place
Proud of our Sustainability
#ClimateChangeRochdale
We have a rich history of transforming our industrial history into ways of supporting the environment across our borough. We have chosen some examples of this, to illustrate our pioneering ways of repurposing our industrial past, the impacts we have had on the environment and our community’s passion around carbon neutrality.
A cotton loom machine from Littleborough was converted to weave fibreglass after the decline of the cotton industry. This loom machine went on to produce the moulds used to make the Concorde aeroplanes’ nose cone.
On 10th September 1927, Rochdale Borough Council employed a deep-sea diver to repair a large gas holder at the Rochdale Corporation Gas Works. This diver was subsequently requisitioned to examine the water tank which seals the holder. As part of our regeneration scheme, we are looking to develop the site today, creating a multi-level residential scheme with basement parking.
Rochdale Youth Parliament has been passionate about supporting our journey towards carbon neutrality. We are proud to share that they have published a series of videos explaining important climate change terms, such as net zero targets and carbon neutrality. Students from Hopwood Hall College have also conducted debates on some key climate change issues with local residents. You will find below a link to view these videos: https://www.rochdale.gov.uk/climate-change
The council was awarded Local Authority Body of the Year for promoting energy efficiency in the borough in the Northwest Energy Efficiency Awards 2022. Likewise, the borough of Rochdale achieved membership of the Sustainable Food Places networks in supporting efforts to make local, healthy and sustainable food available in 2025. 12 of Rochdale’s green spaces secured Green Flag Awards in 2024.
Contact
For a confidential discussion about the role, please contact our recruitment partners at Tile Hill
Maud Hollis
maud.hollis@tile-hill.co.uk
07444 696659
Clare Connor
clare.connor@tile-hill.co.uk
0161 408 0703